Most medical care shouldn’t require insurance preapproval

There is a good reason for health insurers to occasionally require prior authorization for medical treatment. If a doctor ...
STAT

Slingshot pulls therapy chatbot Ash out of U.K. over regulatory concerns

Slingshot AI will withdraw its therapy chatbot app Ash from the U.K. over concerns it runs afoul of medical device ...

If Congress fails to pass this bill, older adults will lose meal services, transportation and more

There is bipartisan support for reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, but the bill has stalled as a deadline looms.

Colorado Medicaid driver fraud cost $25 million — and state blocked payments worth nearly as much, officials say

A Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted a free transportation service that shuttled patients to clinics cost the state $25 ...
STAT

FDA clears Aidoc tool to detect 14 different conditions from a CT scan

On Wednesday, radiology AI company Aidoc announced the FDA has cleared a tool that can triage 14 critical findings in a ...
The Oakland Press

Owner of Troy facility where boy died in hyperbaric chamber charged with health care fraud

Tamela Peterson, 59, of Brighton, was arraigned Tuesday in 53rd District Court in Howell on nine counts of health care fraud, ...

DMK convenor and Opposition leader Siva urges Jipmer to mitigate impact of new software system

DMK leader R. Siva urges Jipmer to address disruptions from a new software system affecting patient care and safety.
Heart

Impact and prognostic implications of aortic stenosis across the heart failure spectrum: a cohort study

Background Aortic stenosis (AS) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF), but its prevalence, prognostic impact and ...

Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.
Denton Record-Chronicle

HistoIndex Partners with Houston Research Institute to Expand Advanced MASH Diagnostic Services

HistoIndex, a pioneer in AI-driven digital pathology solutions for chronic liver disease, has announced a strategic ...
Tax Guru

Bogus Purchases: Full Section 69C Disallowance Set Aside

The issue was whether the entire amount of alleged bogus purchases could be disallowed under Section 69C. ITAT Mumbai held that in the absence of corroborative evidence, only the profit element can be ...